RESULTS of Feedback form - March 1995
During the 14 days of the questionnaire, the course pages were accessed
50,000 times and over 3000 different hosts visited the course.
1. Current level of activity (answer any number).
a. I read mail from the course
71
b. I browse the course material with a WWW browser.
71
c. I visit BioMOO.
44
d. I mail the course or use the forms to send comments
31
e. I communicate directly with other course members or participate in a
group.
45
f. I prepare material for the course or help in other ways.
23
g. I download some/all of the material/technology for local use
54
2. Real life activities (Check any number)
a. I am part of a real-life group following the course.
16
b. I distribute course material to other people I know who are not on the course
21
c. I use course material in my teaching.
14
d. I discuss the course with my friends and colleagues
51
3. Can you use the technology to follow the course? (Check any number)
a. I can use WWW
72
b. I have a graphical browser
69
c. I can use forms
68
d. I can use RasMol
68
e. I can use Mage
50
f. I know how to send a message to a list
70
g. I can connect to BioMOO and use it
57
4. Current weekly activity on the course (very approximate) (Check ONE)
a. less than 2 hours/week
31
b. 2-5 hours/week
33
c. 5-10 hours/week
6
d. > 10 hours/week
1
5. Level of the course (Check ONE)
a. harder than I expected
5
b. as I expected
57
c. easier than I expected
9
6. Coverage of the course (Check any number)
a. Narrower than I expected
8
b. What I expected
40
c. Broader than I expected
18
d. Greater emphasis on technology than expected
12
e. Subject matter was different from expected
5
7. Please tell us if any of the following are SERIOUS problems (Check any number)
a. Hypertext is difficult to find my way around
1
b. I can't download the whole course
9
c. I can't print the course out
8
d. It's not like a normal textbook
6
e. I don't know precisely what I have to do each week.
15
f. Network delays (lags) make some/all of the course unusable
20
g. No one reacts to my problems or suggestions
3
h. The material is written by lots of different people
1
i. I spend all my effort on technology and not on the science
10
j. I get no feedback about how well *I* am doing.
12
k. I'd like to see all the material at the start of the course
12
l. The assignments demand too much work
8
m. The assignments are trivial
1
8. Speed of progress so far (Check ONE)
9 (no answer)
a. The course is going too fast
8
b. The speed is about right
45
c. The course is too slow
5
9. Do any of these prevent you contributing to the course?(check any number)
a. I cannot write HTML documents
22
b. I do not feel confident about contributing web pages
19
c. I do not feel confident about mailing the lists
4
d. I cannot use BioMOO , or feel frightened using it.
8
10. Course administration and support (check any number)
a. Is the course well supported for you?
47
b. Do you get too much material mailed to you?
4
c. Would you like more material mailed to you?
11
11. Please answer any of the following you feel applies!
PROS
a. it's a fun way of learning
62
b. I can do as much or as little as I please
59
c. I can join in when I like
54
d. the material is very well presented
48
e. the group activity is enjoyable
16
f. I make contact with new people
33
g. there's plenty of thought-provoking ideas and resources
42
h. the potential is tremendous, fascinating
58
i. I'm encouraged to be creative
28
j. I can learn from other people
40
k. new stuff seems to appear every day
26
l. the technology is so easy to use
31
CONS
m. it's too difficult to follow
5
n. it all takes too much time
26
o. the technology is awkward and difficult
4
p. the group activity is negligible
38
q. the material is badly presented
0
r. the organisation of the course is shambolic
2
s. one can never tell what's going on and where you are
14
t. the organizers are anonymous
2
u. I don't want to learn so publicly
0
v. the various aspects of the course are ill organised
3
w. it's all too remote
9
x. navigation is a nightmare
3
y. there's no personal feedback
19
12. Possible future developments (Check any number)
a. I'd like to use some of the material after the course has finished.
62
b. I'd like to see a repeat of the course fairly soon.
29
c. I'd like to see other similar course in bio/molecular sciences.
60
d. The organisers should rethink the whole approach before they plan new courses.
3
e. I'd like to have access to the material in alternative form
37